It's okay to like a movie and criticize it at the same time. Even the best movies have their flaws; indeed, a flawless movie probably wouldn't be very interesting to watch or discuss.
Oh, absolutely. My problem is just how these criticisms are being framed -- it sounds like they have some behind-the-scenes insights into Villeneuve's feelings about the film gleaned from an interview, or something.
Greatly dislike how this article frames opinion as fact. It keeps saying "Villeneuve does this", or "Villeneuve wanted that", but gives no source for the claims. To me, it's clear this article is just a shitty, deceptive, self-righteous way of stating one's personal observations.
Observations I happen to generally disagree with. I loved the hell out of this flick; it touched me on an almost personal level, like no film as done in a long time.
I'm not going to suggesting this article is just the inevitable mainstream contrarianism when something is widely beloved, but I'm having a hard time not pulling the trigger on saying it...
Suck on that, SpaceX, you fucking hacks!
Would you Ron Paul fanboys shut the fuck up? You don't know the first thing about civics or economics. If you want to live in a civilized society then pay your taxes, vote for the politicians who you think will spend the money wisely, and get back to work.
Except neither buses nor pantograph lines can handle the steepest hills in sf
If you mean Hyde Street near the marina, the cable car can easily handle that one. But the electric buses seem well able to handle some decent hills even when fully loaded.
so it has 9x the battery power as a tesla s and can only manage ~3x the distance
It has about 8x the passenger capacity and said passengers don't have to worry about getting the thing to a charging station.
The Wright Flyer didn't carry any passengers either. What's your point?
Hammond wears a hat. James drives very slowly. And I drive the longest range electric bus..... in the world.
No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.
How would the people on the Arabian peninsula export this energy? Are they going to turn the sun into liquid hydrogen and ship that out or something?
Electricity is actually quite easy to move through cables.
The Saudis seem to have seen the writing on the wall, hence their recent moves (under their younger princes) to diversify their economy. More education, research, and (gasp) the levying of taxes.
Incorrect. Road widening has been standard policy for decades.
No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.
1 - Proposition 13. An anti-tax measure that may have been necessary at the time, but went way too far to the point where Bay Area cities are incentivized to approve more business developments but less housing because of the amount of revenue they bring in. The result is a massive jobs-housing imbalance as cities gain more jobs but not enough housing to keep up, resulting in long commutes from out of town.
2 - A strong NIMBY lobby. Established residents are vocal in their opposition to more housing in "their" town. Councils feel pressured to resist new developments.
3 - Induced demand. Caltrans has an unbelievably wasteful policy of widening highways in the hope that it'll alleviate traffic congestion despite a mountain of evidence that this does not work and that more highway lanes just causes more traffic as people move out to cheaper suburbs to get a bigger house for the same price and a (temporarily) reasonable commute time. By the time everyone has the same idea, highways are jammed again.
4 - Anti-transit sentiment. Roads are less efficient than rails, but it's a lot easier to get funding for them.
5 - Single-use-zoning. Putting daily needs out of walking distance of each other forces nearly everyone to drive throughout the day. The result is massive car ownership and demands for more facilities to accommodate private cars.
6 - Fragmented local government. It's very hard to get region-wide transit developments done when each city is only focused on its own interests.
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.
